Cromwellian Conquest

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Cromwell in Ireland

Aug 1649 arrival

Drogheda and Wexford

> Report on Drogheda

progress through Ireland; justifications

cities

 

 

 

post-war settlement

emigration of 30,000 Irish to Europe

>1652 Act for the Settlement of Ireland

reasons for reconquest: strategic, financial, putative

 

Year
 Catholic land ownership
1641
58%
1652
20%

 

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